Urban Water Innovation Network

Center of Innovation

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The Network is a consortium of multiple academic institutions and key water industry partners with activities currently in six regions across the U.S. designed to address water challenges in a variety of contexts from coastal communities to high plain desserts.

The Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN) activities include research, engagement and educational programs that address challenges that threaten urban water systems. The mission of UWIN is to create technological, institutional, and management solutions to help communities increase the resilience of their water systems and enhance preparedness for responding to water crises.

Focus Areas

UWIN is a network of research institutions organized through the NSF-funded Sustainability Research Centers (SRC) which provides research, engagement, and educational programs to address challenges that threaten urban water systems.

Our research activities aim to create knowledge and increase fundamental understanding of challenges to urban water systems and find solutions to enhance preparedness for responding to water crises in regions across the United States. The Network’s research activities are conducted through 21 projects, organized into four integrated Thrusts.

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Assessments

Experimental bioretention cells at CSU Spur Hydro Backyard with plants and soil media for testing stormwater quality

Solutions

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Pathways

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Integration

Academic Institutions

  • Arizona State University
  • Brooklyn College – City University of New York
  • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • Colorado State University
  • Florida International University
  • Howard University
  • Michigan State University
  • Oregon State University
  • Northeastern University

 

  • Princeton University
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of California – Berkely
  • University of California – Riverside
  • University of Georgia – Athens
  • University of Maryland – Baltimore County
  • University of Miami
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Pennsylvania

Resources

Research Projects
Urban Water Webinars
Undergraduate Research Program
Citizen Science
Publication Repository
Stakeholder Advisory Committees
Urban Water Innovation Network Annual Meeting - group photo in front of Colorado State University in 2019

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